Umberto fracchia ecrivain et agent culturel (1889-1930)

Umberto fracchia a writer and a cultural ambassador from italy (1889-1930)

• Auteur / Autrice : Marie-Line Cassagne
• Direction : François Livi
• Type : Thèse de doctorat
• Discipline(s) : Études italiennes
• Date : Soutenance en 1994
• Etablissement(s) : Paris 4

Résumé

La vie d'umberto fracchia a wirter and a cultural ambassador from italy (1889-1930). Qui s'est distingue dans de multiples domaines. Son oeuvre litteraire est composite : romans, nouvelles, essais, pieces de theatre, articles de journaux. L'oeuvre narrative est marquee par plusieurs influences : d'annunzio pirandello, les crepusculaires, les romanciers russes comme dostoievski. Dans une autre perspective, fracchia s'est engage dans la vie culturelle de son pays en fondant un journal litteraire en decembre 1925, "la fiera letteraria". Ces deux axes : l'oeuvre ecrite et l'engagement culturel, constituent l'essentiel de cette these consacree a un auteur italien encore inconnu du public francais.

Umberto fracchia was an inventive writer who achieved sucess in several fields. His literary works is varied : novels, short stories, essays, plays, newspaper articles. His narrative work shows influence by d'annunzio, pirandello, the cresulcular authors, the russian novelists like dostoevski. Conjointly, fracchia played a part in the cultural life of his country, founding thre literary review "la fiera letteraria" in december 1925. These two poles : his written work and his commitment to culture, from the main part of this thesis, dedicated to an italian author as yet unknown to the french public reader.